Articles
Do profit maximisers take cold showers? Another look at protection and technical efficiency (with Jeffrey J. Kline), Australian economic papers (2005)
In this paper we consider whether a 'cold shower' is possible if the firm we...
Tariffs, quotas, and the corrupt purchasing of inappropriate technology, International journal of business and economics (2005)
This paper develops a simple model where a manager of a firm in a Less-Developed...
Training and technology transfer (with Neil Vousden), Australian economic papers (2003)
This paper analyses technology transfer from a multinational corporation (MNC) to a developing economy via...
Does trade liberalization make the Porter Hypothesis less relevant?, International journal of business and economics (2003)
The Porter Hypothesis refers to the idea that environmental regulations push firms into developing and...
Working Papers
Do profit maximizers take cold showers? (with Jeffrey J. Kline), Business papers (2001)
A firm takes a "cold shower" if removal of a protective subsidy induces investment in...
Conference Papers
Corruption, extortion, reputation, and asymmetric information, Paper presented at the 36th Australian conference of economists (2007)
This paper develops a simple reputational model that examines the situation of where a corrupt...